Wellington School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 12 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Trafford
Unique reference
136377
Address
Wellington Road, Timperley, WA15 7RH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1509 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
49.8%
Girls
50.2%
First language not English
12.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
9.3%
Persistent absence
14.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 75.9%
Mixed 6.6%
Chinese 5%
Other White 3.7%
Indian 2.5%
Other Asian 2%
Pakistani 1.9%
Irish 0.6%
Unclassified 0.6%
Other 0.5%
African 0.3%
Other Black 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.13
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.24
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 61%
Local authority average 49%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 54%
Local authority average 63%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.4
Local authority average 57
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.72
Local authority average 5.14
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE45
BiologyGCSE43
Business Studies:SingleGCSE46
ChemistryGCSE43
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE39
Design & TechnologyGCSE14
EconomicsGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE252
English LiteratureGCSE247
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Wellington School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
260
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
322
2nd preference
280
3rd preference
271
From another Local Authority
69
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
231
2nd preference
14
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
271
144
127
Year 8
278
141
137
Year 9
257
127
130
Year 10
264
136
128
Year 11
254
129
125
Year 12
87
37
50
Year 13
98
37
61
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
89.2%
85.6%
Further education
38.0%
28.0%
35.4%
School sixth form
49.0%
40.5%
36.6%
Sixth form college
6.0%
20.3%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
SP
2.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.5%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.2%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.2%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
85.0%
74.8%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
47.0%
43.1%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.4%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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